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Alumni and Friends - September 2005 News
- EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! – Alumni Newsletter - The premier publication of the Southwestern College of Pharmacy Alumni Newsletter is being mailed to all Southwestern College of Pharmacy alumni this month. The Alumni & Development Office will periodically publish this document, highlighting news of the College of Pharmacy and its alumni.
The Alumni Newsletter is not a replacement for the traditional The Sig. The Sig will still be published and mailed to pharmacy practitioners. The Alumni Newsletter is an ‘extra’ publication. Special thanks goes to Leslee Yount, student worker in the Alumni & Development Office, for her work on the Alumni Newsletter. Alumni Newsletter feedback can be sent to the Pharmacy Alumni & Development Office.
- Kelly Pratt (’82) of Littlefield, Texas, was selected by CardinalHealth for a 2005 Leadership Award. The purpose of the Leadership Award is to recognize pharmacists who have demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment to independent pharmacy and their customers over the years. Kelly’s award was in the field of technology.
Kelly Pratt at Prescription Shop in Littlefield, TX
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Pratt chose Southwestern College of Pharmacy to receive $1,000 from CardinalHealth. This contribution will benefit pharmacy students at Southwestern, according to College of Pharmacy Dean, David Bergman.
- Medco Health Solutions of Fort Worth, TX, recently contributed $5,000 to the Southwestern College of Pharmacy Scholarship Fund. “Through the years, Medco has encountered many successful stories from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy graduates who have joined our company fulfilling their career ambition as pharmacists,” says Ross Luce, Director of Pharmacy Practice for Medco. “It is important for Medco to play an active role in supporting the Southwestern Oklahoma State University pharmacy program and we look forward in the future to further strengthening our mutually enriching relationship.”
By providing scholarship funding, Medco is fulfilling the goals of its University Level Support Program to advance pharmacy training with selected colleges committed to educating students for the areas of professional pharmacy practice. Medco believes it is significant for them to continue as it has done for the last several years to support student scholarships.
The active role that Medco is taking in Southwestern College of Pharmacy is greatly appreciated. Their gift will benefit deserving pharmacy students at Southwestern, according to College of Pharmacy Dean David Bergman. For information about giving to the College of Pharmacy, call the Southwestern Pharmacy Foundation (580-774-3191) or the Southwestern College of Pharmacy Alumni & Development Office (580-774-3190).
- Nathan Wade Kopper (’01) of Muncie, Indiana, recently completed a Drug Information specialty residency at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He has been the Drug Information Specialist at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie for the past two years.
- SW Homecoming is September 24 –Make plans to attend this year’s event. Several exciting events are taking place at this year's SWOSU Homecoming. Check the SWOSU Calendar for the homecoming schedule. (Campus Map)
Hotel Information (Make your hotel reservations NOW!)
Comfort Inn & Suites (580-772-9100)
Holiday Inn Express & Suites (580-774-0400)
Mark Best Western Motel (580-772-3325)
More hotel information, including local maps/driving directions, can be found on each hotel’s home webpage.
- The Pharmacy Alumni Lunch, compliments of the Southwestern Pharmacy Alumni Association, will be lunch boxes with sandwiches, etc. Lunch will be available immediately following the 50-Year Pharmacy Graduate Recognition Ceremony. If you want to join us for lunch, please RSVP before September 15. Contact the Pharmacy Alumni Office for more information (580-774-3190 or 580-774-7197) and/or to RSVP (before September 15).
- Class of ‘55 and Before – The 50-Year Pharmacy Graduate Recognition Ceremony, a special tribute to the 50-Year Pharmacy Graduates (if you have graduated before 1955, let us honor you this year), will be held at 11AM at the College of Pharmacy Open House in the Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics Building, 3 rd Floor, Room 316.
A casual pharmacy alumni lunch (box lunches) will be held immediately following the event, compliments of the Pharmacy Alumni Association.
The following have indicated (as of September 2) they will attend the 50-Year Pharmacy Graduate Recognition Ceremony on September 24 (SW Homecoming):
Derrell Andrus, William Bernhardt, Chester (James) Calmes, Harlene Chastka, Charles Hall, Sr., Lowell Irby, Ralph Magill, Virginia Milliner, Donald Scott, Lloyd Searcey, D.M. Sokolosky, and Don Turner
If you graduated 50 or more years ago, please join us. Contact the Pharmacy Alumni Office to RSVP (before September 15) for the Pharmacy Graduate Recognition Ceremony and lunch (580-774-3190 or 580-774-7197).
- Class of ’94, ’95, ’96 – The 10-year combined class reunion for the classes of ’94, ’95, ’96 officially begins on Saturday, September 24 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics Building, 3 rd Floor. Homeroom for the 10-Year Class Reunion will be Room 321. The following have indicated to the Pharmacy Alumni Office (as of September 2) they will attend:
Amy Anderson-Carothers, Kristie Tran Craven, Jaudon Davis, Mitra Deimling, Cory Fikes, Kim Folks, Carol Johnson, Roy Lee Mason, and Alan Spies. Word on the street is more are planning to attend.
In addition to the SW Homecoming Activities, the 10-year class is planning to gather in the CPP building for reminiscing, viewing the remodeling of the facilities, and having a casual lunch together in their homeroom (lunch provided by the Pharmacy Alumni Association). Please RSVP for lunch before September 15.
Additionally, a block of rooms has been reserved at the recently built Comfort Inn Hotel (Call 580-772-9100 for room availability) for the 10-year class members. These rooms are guaranteed for reservations made by September 8. After that date, rooms are subject to availability.
For additional information and/or to RSVP, contact Alan Spies (205-942-4017 or arspies@samford.edu) or the Pharmacy Alumni Office (580-774-3190 or 580-774-7197).
- Remember, Rekindle, Reconnect! The Southwestern College of Pharmacy and the Pharmacy Alumni Association are hosting pharmacy alumni dinners for all Southwestern College/School of Pharmacy alumni. We have the following dates and locations planned for Fall 2005. Detailed information will be mailed to alumni in each area. Mark your calendar and plan to join us.
- Fort Smith – October 11
- Lawton - November 8
- Abilene – November 15
- Stillwater – November 29
In addition to the complimentary dinner at 7PM, there will be an informational meeting about the College of Pharmacy, Q&A, discussion of future alumni activities, and time to visit with SW Pharmacy alumni and faculty. This is NOT a fundraising event! This is an event to Remember, Rekindle, Reconnect!
If you can help us estimate the number of attendees for the dinners, it would be greatly appreciated. Just contact us a few days before the dinner (call 580-774-7197 or email swpharmacy@swosu.edu ). If you don’t have a chance to call us, that’s okay, join us anyway. We look forward to seeing you! For more information, contact the Pharmacy Alumni & Development office (580-774-3190 or 580-774-7197).
Future alumni dinner locations will be McAlester, Big Spring/Odessa, Dallas, and Guymon.
- In Memoriam – Robert Wallace Jackson (’51) – Robert Wallace Jackson passed away on Friday, July 29, 2005, in Albuquerque, NM. He was born on Sept. 16, 1926, in Guymon, OK, to Wallace & Berenice Jackson.
He graduated from Guymon H.S. He attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy. Bob served his country as a Sgt. in the Air Force during WWII. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Guymon. He married Darleen Nasset on Aug. 16, 1953. He and his father owned and operated Jackson Drug and Jackson Pharmacy Shop in Guymon, OK.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Betty Dean Kell. Survivors include his wife, Darleen, of Albuquerque, N.M.; his brother Boyd Jackson of Tuttle, OK; 2 daughters, Nancy Chambers of Midland, TX and Susan Kinneer of Phoenix, AZ; 2 sons, Ken Jackson and Rob Jackson, both of Albuquerque, N.M.; 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Memorials may be given to the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System – Heart Research, NM Service #135, 1501 San Pedro SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108.
Faculty - September 2005 News
- Dr. Dennis Thompson , R.Ph., FCCP, FASHP, Pharm. D. , Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Associate Dean for Clinical Pharmacy Programs in the College of Pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, has been selected by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) to participate in the charter class of the Academic Leadership Fellows Program.
- 2005-2006 College of Pharmacy Faculty & Staff Directory (pdf)
- New Faculty – Rahmat M. Talukder , R.Ph., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutics). Dr. Talukder received his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from St. Johns University. He then received his Ph.D. from Temple University. Dr. Talukder will teach biopharmaceutics and other courses in the pharmaceutics sequence.
Born in Bangladesh, Talukder is married and has two children. His hobbies and special interests are reading, traveling, and fishing. When asked why he wanted to teach at Southwestern College of Pharmacy in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Dr. Talukder replies, “Southwestern College of Pharmacy is one of the top ranking pharmacy schools in the south. In addition, the small class size offers the students an environment conducive to learning, which helps educators in achieving their goals. Also, the city of Weatherford seems to be a good place to raise a family.”
- New Faculty – Nancy T. Williams , R.Ph., Pharm.D., is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at SWOSU and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Norman Regional Hospital.
Williams received her Pharm.D. from the University of Michigan. She is married to Daniel J. Williams, who is a supervisor in the FBI. They have one ‘very spoiled’ dog, Beebers. Hobbies and special interests for Nancy are playing tennis and golf, going to movies, traveling, and collecting mortars and pestles. She states she has mortars and pestles from all across the world. “Since family and friends know that I collect them, they try to bring me back one from their travels.” You’ll also find her cheering on her alma mater, The University of Michigan.
Dr. Williams previously taught at The University of Louisiana at Monroe (OLM) for 6 ½ years; then moved to the Baltimore area, where she worked for a hospital. Williams says, “I missed teaching, so I got adjunct status at a local pharmacy school there, but it wasn’t the same as teaching full-time at a university. When I found out that we’d be moving back south, I knew that I wanted to return to academia. SWOSU was a great fit for me because it emphasized teaching.”
Dr. Williams will precept pharmacy students in an adult medicine rotation at Norman Regional Hospital. Additionally, she will teach in two team-taught courses: Concepts of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care Lab V. Her other duties for SWOSU COP will be faculty co-sponsor for the student chapter of ASHP.
- New Faculty – Brian D. Murray (’04) of Fletcher, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice for Southwestern College of Pharmacy. He is the Clinical Pharmacist at the Fort Sill-Lawton VA Ambulatory Care Clinic, currently managing Coumadin therapy. Dr. Murray received his Pharm.D. from Southwestern College of Pharmacy in 2004.
Murray , whose hometown is Apache, enjoys landscaping, going to Oklahoma State football and basketball games, and attending church. When asked why he wanted to be a faculty member for Southwestern College of Pharmacy, Murray says, “I want to be able to give back to the pharmacy profession and future pharmacists what I received as a student at SWOSU. This is a quickly changing profession and I want to do my part in preparing students for the future.”
- Additional New Faculty – Terri Whittington Elliott (’97) of McAlester and Dana Walker Strawn (’89) of Lawton. Both are Instructors in the Pharmacy Practice Department for Southwestern College of Pharmacy.
- New Staff – Anita Fischer is the new secretary at the Southwestern College of Pharmacy. Anita and her husband, Kevin, have five children: Carissa, Kaisa, Kaleb, Jennifer, and Jonathan. Her hobbies and special interests are reading and keeping up with her kid’s sports.
- New Alumni & Development Office at Southwestern College of Pharmacy – Patti Harper, current Director of Pharmacy Continuing Education, is the new Alumni & Development Officer for the College of Pharmacy. In addition to the Continuing Education Programs, Patti will direct the pharmacy alumni events and the pharmacy development plans for the College of Pharmacy.
Patti says, “I look forward to the new role of Alumni & Development Officer. I have met many of the alumni through the continuing education programs in the 20 years I have been with Southwestern College of Pharmacy. I look forward to a continued positive relationship with them and meeting more of the alumni in future.”
The Alumni & Development Office will continue to schedule pharmacy alumni events, such as Open House at Homecoming and dinners in and around Southwestern. Additionally, the A&D office, with the help of pharmacy alumni, will develop strategies to enhance the Pharmacy Alumni Association.
Last, but definitely not least, the A&D Office will devote major efforts to the SWOSU The Focus Campaign, specifically for the College of Pharmacy, for the continued advancement of pharmacy education for Southwestern students. This campaign is designed to address the funding priorities vital to the future of the College of Pharmacy, primarily funding scholarships, academic enrichment, and endowments for the future.
Harper states, “The unique connection the Southwestern pharmacy alumni have with each other, as well as their alma mater, is truly special. Additionally, Southwestern pharmacy alumni uphold the highest of standards of excellence in the field of pharmacy…and they expect the tradition of excellence to continue within the College of Pharmacy and its students. Therefore, I truly believe the pharmacy alumni and friends will support this campaign and help the College of Pharmacy pave the way for even greater accomplishments in the future.”
For information about the College of Pharmacy Alumni & Development Office, including pharmacy alumni events and pharmacy development, contact Patti Harper (580-774-3190).
Students - September 2005 News
- New student admittees into the Southwestern College of Pharmacy for Fall 2005 are: Row 1: James Dunn, Sam Cropp, Crescentia Newman, Nikki Gulick, Annie Haiduk, Vanessa England, Lacey Vaughn, Cheri Lemons, Laurie Fanning, Kryslyn Cassada; Row 2: Jacob Matlock, Frank Sama, Persis Mondal, Melissa Covington, Alexis Chatham, Alison, McLemore, Michelle Patzack, Lois Kargel, Scott Ward, Joshua Miller; Row 3: Amanda McDaniel, Tejas Patel, Justin Griffith, Matt Findley, Cassi Mettry, Blessin Abraham, Chris Eaton, Ashley Shoman, Brady Fath, Josh Sanford, Aaron Ross; Row 4: Bryan Bell, Adam Fletcher, Ross Foster, Daytin Farrow, Erin Raber, Heather Russell, Scott LeMaster, Matt Stewart, Dallas Walker, Margaret Taylor.
- Annual Back-to-School SWPhA picnic
Faculty Members and Cooks: Dr. James Scruggs, Dr. Scott Long, Dr. Shelly Prince, Dr. Les Ramos, Dr. Rahmat Talukder, and Dr. Nina Morris
Pharmacy students enjoy SWPhA hamburger cookout
SWPhA officer with WalGreen’s representatives
Pharmacy students at SWPhA cookout
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- The brothers of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity met in Pittsburgh for the 52 nd Grand Council Convention, August 9-13. The convention was attended by over 350 brothers, spouses and children. For a more complete narrative of what occurred, go to www.kappa-psi.org and scroll to convention headline.
- College of Pharmacy Student Organizations:
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